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List of works by Jonathan F. Colville

A cockroach that jumps

scientific article published on December 7, 2011

A striking new species of Prosoeca Schiner, 1867 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae): An important pollinator from the Bokkeveld Plateau, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

scientific article published in 2018

Adaptations for nectar-feeding in the mouthparts of long-proboscid flies (Nemestrinidae: Prosoeca)

scientific article (publication date: October 2012)

Allometric relationships shape foreleg evolution of long-legged oil bees (Melittidae: Rediviva)

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Assessing the role of dispersed floral resources for managed bees in providing supporting ecosystem services for crop pollination

scientific article published on 27 September 2018

Comparative morphology of the mouthparts of the megadiverse South African monkey beetles (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini): feeding adaptations and guild structure

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Corrigendum to "One proboscis, two tasks: Adaptations to blood-feeding and nectar-extracting in long-proboscid horse flies (Tabanidae, Philoliche)" [Arthropod Struct. Dev. 43 (2014) 403-413]

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Corrigendum: Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Counting complete? Finalising the plant inventory of a global biodiversity hotspot

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Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

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Description of the male of Rediviva steineri Kuhlmann, 2012 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), an endemic oil-collecting bee species from South Africa

scientific article published on 24 May 2022

Diversity of pollen sources used by managed honey bees in variegated landscapes

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

Feeding ecology and sexual dimorphism in a speciose flower beetle clade (Hopliini: Scarabaeidae).

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Fine‐scale bee species distribution models: Hotspots of richness and endemism in <scp>South Africa</scp> with species‐area comparisons

scientific article published in 2024

Hidden Diversity—A New Speciose Gall Midge Genus (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Associated with Succulent Aizoaceae in South Africa

scientific article published on 10 January 2022

Mantophasmatodea now in South Africa

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Nectar Uptake of a Long-Proboscid Prosoeca Fly (Nemestrinidae)—Proboscis Morphology and Flower Shape

scientific article published on 21 April 2021

One proboscis, two tasks: adaptations to blood-feeding and nectar-extracting in long-proboscid horse flies (Tabanidae, Philoliche)

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Optimising Regionalisation Techniques: Identifying Centres of Endemism in the Extraordinarily Endemic-Rich Cape Floristic Region

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Pollinator shifts as triggers of speciation in painted petal irises (Lapeirousia: Iridaceae)

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Review of the genus Amblymelanoplia Dombrow, 2002 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Hopliini) with the description of ninety-three new species from South Africa and observations on its biogeography and phylogeny

scientific article published in 2022

Review of the genus Beckhoplia Dombrow, 2005 with the description of fifteen new species from South Africa and observations on its biogeography (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Hopliini)

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Roles of Spatial Scale and Rarity on the Relationship between Butterfly Species Richness and Human Density in South Africa

scientific article published on 27 April 2015

Sexual deception of a beetle pollinator through floral mimicry

scientific article published in 2021

Soil biota in a megadiverse country: Current knowledge and future research directions in South Africa

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The allometry of proboscis length in Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidae) and an estimate of their foraging distance using museum collections

scientific article published on 07 June 2019

The first species of Nemestrinidae (Diptera) endemic to Madagascar: A remarkable new species of Atriadops Wandolleck, 1897

scientific article published on 18 October 2022

Time management and nectar flow: flower handling and suction feeding in long-proboscid flies (Nemestrinidae: Prosoeca).

scientific article published on 21 November 2013

Urban intensity and flower community structure drive monkey beetle assemblage in Cape Town

scientific article published in 2023

Variation in plant diversity in mediterranean-climate ecosystems: the role of climatic and topographical stability

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